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<\/a>MMA Summercamp 2012 became the opening use of the new Rope Bridging<\/b> course on the LEAD Complex.\u00a0 The course was constructed during the last year and got its opening use this week as campers tackled the complex rigging and use of the course.\u00a0\u00a0 GySgt Raul Garcia provided instruction to the campers on how the rope bridging<\/i> is constructed using a single rope over a low depression to simulate a body of water or ravine.\u00a0 Once instruction on how the bridge is constructed the campers were given instruction on how to tension the bridge once it is used since the rope will stretch and sag over time and requires constrant retensioning.\u00a0 A team of 6 to 8 campers were used to retension the rope.<\/p>\nRope Bridging for a Unit<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rope Bridging at Summercamp 2012 MMA Summercamp 2012 became the opening use of the new Rope Bridging course on the LEAD Complex.\u00a0 The course was constructed during the last year and got its opening use this week as campers tackled the complex rigging and use of the course.\u00a0\u00a0 GySgt Raul Garcia provided instruction to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-facilities","tag-bridging"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12699,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/12699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>As a skill, rope bridging<\/u> allows a group to safely cross an obstacle such as a river or deep ravine safely.\u00a0 Once campers were shown how to construct and tension the rope bridge they were instructed on how to cross the bridge safely.\u00a0 Campers had to lay on top of the rope, lower one leg for balance and then pull themself across the ravine.\u00a0 Many campers found this to be a bit more difficult than they originally thought as balance on rope that is only 7\/16s of an inch in diameter while pulling oneself along the rope was a challenge.\u00a0 Campers quickly picked up on the skill required to maintain balance as platoons competed to see which could successfully get their entire unit across the bridge.<\/p>\nFuture Plans for Rope Bridging<\/h3>\n
<\/a>This opening use of the new Rope Bridging course has provided valuable information on how to improve this event for future use.\u00a0 Initial evaluation indicates that building up the takeoff point about 1 to 1 1\/2 feet will help the participants to mount the rope\u00a0once it is properly tensioned.\u00a0 Additionally the ravine will be deepened slightly so that participants will not touch the ground at the midpoint.\u00a0 Additionally a third set\u00a0of poles may be added to allow more campers to challenge the course at one time and a longer period of instruction will be added next summer.\u00a0 It is already apparent that campers found this event interesting, fun and a challenge.\u00a0 Rope Bridging is at the Marine Military Academy to stay!\u00a0 Check out the Rope Bridging Photos<\/a><\/p>\n